Data from: New record of Egertonia (Elopiformes, Phyllodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous of South India

We report a new occurrence of the phyllodontid teleost fish Egertonia from
the Late Cretaceous Kallamedu Formation of the Cauvery Basin, South India.
This is the oldest occurrence of Phyllodontidae in India, and only the
second Cretaceous Gondwanan occurrence of this genus, following a
toothplate previously described from the Late Cretaceous Maevarano
Formation, Madagascar. The presence of phyllodontid fish supports a
fluvial–deltaic or brackish environment for the lower part of the
Kallamedu Formation, a rich deposit including typically Gondwanan taxa,
such as simosuchid crocodiles, bothremydid turtles and abelisaurid
dinosaurs, as well as an anomalous troodontid dinosaur. Egertonia adds
another taxon of primarily Laurasian distribution to the Kallamedu fauna
and further expands the list of taxa known from the Late Cretaceous of
both India and Madagascar, strengthening the degree of faunal similarity
between the two landmasses in the latest Cretaceous.